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kapre

verbverb

to hijack · to snap up, to bag

EtymologyOpphav

av lavtysk kapern; se kapera privateer from Low German kapern; see kapera privateer

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. få tak i (med kupp eller knep) to get hold of (by a coup or a trick)
    • kapre et skip to hijack a ship
    • kapre den beste stolen to bag the best chair
  2. om eldre forhold: erobre med kaperskipa privateer ship historically: to capture with a privateer shipkaperskip